Table 2 Children’s physical activity on the schoolyard compared to physical activity inside school
From: Schoolyard physical activity of 6–11 year old children assessed by GPS and accelerometry
Schoolyard | Inside school | Whole day | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total time (minutes) per day | Boys | Mean | 33.3 | 236.5 | 668.4 |
(±SD) | (±13.4) | (±48.7) | (±107.1) | ||
Girls | Mean | 45.1 | 244.9 | 679.2 | |
(±SD) | (±23.9) | (±66.1) | (±124.3) | ||
Minutes of MVPA per day | Boys | Mean | 8.8 | 4.9 | 56.1 |
(±SD) | (±5.1) | (±5.2) | (±23.7) | ||
Girls | Mean | 7.0 | 7.1 | 43.6 | |
(±SD) | (±5.1) | (±8.2) | (±19.6) | ||
Proportion of time spent as MVPA | Boys | % | 27.3* | 2.1 | 8.5* |
(±SD) | (±12.7) | (±2.1) | (±3.5) | ||
Girls | % | 16.7* | 2.8 | 6.5* | |
(±SD) | (±10.4) | (±3.2) | (±2.9) |